Brother Aidan

Brother Aidan was the court chaplain of Bebbanburg under Aelfric of Bebbanburg. In 880, he was ordered by Abbot Eadred Lulisc to stand in for Aelfric at a proxy wedding between Aelfric and Gisela Harthacnutsdottir, and Aidan witnessed when Uhtred of Bebbanburg interrupted the wedding, liberated Gisela, and killed Eadred in the church.